Capping a plot-twisting, decade-long process to select a worthy successor to the Lockheed Martin F-22, President Donald Trump announced a contract award to Boeing in a hastily arranged Oval Office ceremony while revealing important details about the design, cost, schedule and propulsion for the newly christened F-47.

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